TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 237524 [ 2024TNSTR5112....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-12-28 15:27:56
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024affw
Discoverer internal name: ZTF24abyixef
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 05:18:07.855 (79.5327283) DEC = -12:59:53.05 (-12.9980707)
Discovery date: 2024-12-14 06:21:57.003 (JD=2460658.7652431)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-14 06:21:57.003
Flux: 19.4499 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-11 08:24:39
Limiting flux: 19.0993 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024affw